Remembering Ella: Parents of only child start ministry for kids

Parents of only child start ministry for kids

10:58 PM,
Oct. 6, 2013

Ella Marie Formby, 5, of Sumrall was killed when a car driven by an alleged drunken driver crashed into her family's car early this year. Family and friends have created Ella's Light Children's Ministry in her honor.

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The Formby family - Lourie, Julie and 5-year-old Ella - had dinner with friends at a favorite restaurant in Columbia on a Friday night and were looking forward to a fun weekend that included Ella's first church basketball game and her best friend's birthday party on Saturday.

The three piled into the 1940 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Sedan, "Old Bess," that Lourie had bought 20 years before for the 25-mile ride home to Sumrall. Ella exclaimed, "Look at the moon, guys!" and the family chatted about the bright, full moon that appeared to be following them home. Ella reminded her mother and father that ...